Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1895. Fossils from the Ceratite Formation. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 2(1):1-323
Belongs to Prionolobus according to L. F. Spath 1934
See also Waagen 1895
Sister taxa: Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni, Prionolobus buchianus, Prionolobus hanieli, Prionolobus hubeiensis, Prionolobus indoaustralicus, Prionolobus konincki, Prionolobus lucinus, Prionolobus ophioneus, Prionolobus orbis, Prionolobus planulatus, Prionolobus welteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, upper Ceratite Sandstone (Flemingites beds), Salt Range, which is in a Smithian marine sandstone in the Ceratite Sandstone Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 59.0
Distribution: found only at Virgal, upper Ceratite Sandstone (Flemingites beds), Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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